Is your phone ruining your relationship? Take this test to know

According to a study conducted by YouGov, a global Internet-based market research and data analytics firm, one-third of the people in relationships feel ignored because their partners are constantly busy with their smartphones. Believe it or not, excessive use of smartphones can cause irreversible damage to your relationship with your partner and the reason is simple—your lack of time and attention because your phone now has both, which otherwise belongs rightfully to your partner! Answer these questions to know if your phone might be the reason behind the cracks in your relationship.

2. How do you spend your free time?

Do your evenings involve sitting in your favorite corner with a cup of coffee in one hand and your phone in the other? Or maybe, you spend your time watching your favorite series on the phone. If your activities center around your phone, take this as a warning sign and do the needful to stop this habit from ruining your relationship.

3. How do you answer your partner’s questions?

Whenever your partner asks you a question, do you normally give a detailed answer or just offer some monosyllabic replies? If you wrap up your conversation with your partner in just a few words because you are busy with your phone, it only means trouble.

4. What’s playing on the television?

Do you often sit in front of the television and have no idea of what movie or show is playing? Are you merely present there just to give your partner some company but instead of watching television, you are mostly busy tapping your phone? If you catch yourself unaware of what is happening in front of you most of the times, this might mean you have the same attitude towards your partner. And you know what to blame, right?

5. Are you becoming excessively forgetful?

Does your partner often complain about your forgetfulness? And your habit of forgetting things—like buying groceries while returning home from the office, wishing friends and family on special occasions etc.—has started showing its effect on your daily life. This might be because you are spending so much time with your phone that you are gradually detaching yourself from the real world. Control this habit before it ruins your relationship with your partner.

6. Does your partner need to repeat his or her words?

Do you often request your partner to repeat what he or she said because you missed it the first time? This only signifies that your attention was elsewhere and do we really need to explain the object that distracted you? If your partner repeats a request or anything often, take this as a sign that you need to pay him or her more attention.

7. Follow a few rules

We agree that breaking free from the clutches of your smartphone is not easy but you can control your habit of using the phone excessively by following a few strict rules like switching off the device an hour before going to bed, making sure that you don’t take work-related calls at home unless it’s an emergency etc. Don’t let a machine control your life, and do whatever necessary to save your relationship from it.

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